Changes to After school childcare

Changes to After school childcare

Changes have been made to the After–school Child Care (ASCC) programme in the Department of Social Protection (DSP). Parents will now pay €3 per day, maximum €15 per week, towards the cost of child care and there will be a free after-school pick-up service available. The ASCC has been expanded to include those on a DSP employment programme. Just be aware that you can only get this help for 52 weeks in total.  TREOIR intends to discuss this with the Department and if you have any views please forward them through our ‘contact’ button and/or on ‘facebook’.

Changes have also been made to the Community Employment Childcare programme, which replaces the CE Childcare Education and Training Support (CE CETS). The new programme has been expanded to include parents with children aged up to 13 years of age at primary school.

To find out about eligibility and for further detail of the changes made to both these programmes see here.